"It is truly an honor to receive the Contractor Excellence Award," Qualis CEO Elizabeth Morard said in a release. "This recognition is directly attributable to Qualis employees who focus our customer's mission - and do it well. I sincerely thank them for not only their excellent work, but their initiatives to help our company continuously improve. We are proud to be a part of the vital work of NASA Marshall and its significance to this country."

Qualis, founded in 1993, is a woman-owned small business that provides systems engineering, test and evaluation, logistics, acquisition and program management.

The company has more than 350 employees in 16 states, Afghanistan and Iraq, and has worked on more than 60 contracts supporting the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, NASA, major primes and commercial customers.